The Kalaeloa Heritage Park

The Kalaeloa Heritage Park site is a relatively undisturbed, 11-acre parcel with over 50 recorded cultural sites that consist of ancient habitation structures, sinkholes, and the Kualaka’i trail.

These cultural structures are unique and cannot be found anywhere else in Hawai’i. They are constructed of coral and hint at a Tahitian origin due to the integration of upright stones in their construction.

The topography of the area offers important context.  Stretching along the coast from Pearl Harbor to Wai‘anae, the entire ‘Ewa Plain is an emerged coral reef. The land is uneven, tufted and full of crevices, sinkholes, and underground caves — also known as karsts — that carried fresh water and were used as agricultural and sacred sites for early inhabitants.

The vastness of this cultural landscape paints a picture of a community of people that lived and thrived here. It is not a documentation of individual archaeological features but rather a landscape, an ancient community that once lived at a place once known as Kanehili.

Cultural site tours are available on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 09:00 to noon. Community workdays are held on the last Saturday of every month. Anyone wishing to attend a cultural site tour is asked to contact us via email at info@kalaleloaheritagepark.org